Last-place teams Orioles, Rangers open series 3h ago• 2 min read BALTIMORE -- Both the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles almost certainly will be sellers at the major-league trade deadline.As a result, there should be plenty of scouts in attendance when the teams open a three-game series beginning Friday at Camden Yards.Orioles shortstop Manny Machado has been bombarded at his locker by visiting media trying to get any insight on where the All-Star might be heading. It's almost a foregone conclusion that Machado will be dealt to another team because he is a free agent at the end of the season and the last-place Orioles are already out of contention.Machado, who is batting .316 with 23 homers and 64 RBIs, is trying not to let the constant trade talk become a distraction. The Orioles (26-68) have lost nine of 11 and are in last place in the American League East."It's a tough situation. You try to soak it in," he said. "People want you, teams want you. You try to soak it in, but at the same time you've just got to let it slide. Once that game starts or it gets close to game time, you want to prepare yourself and get mentally ready for the game. At the end of the day, I'm trying to go out there and leave it out on the field, do everything well, and play good baseball." The Rangers (40-54) have lost five of six and are mired in last place in the American League West. Left-hander Cole Hamels (4-8, 4.28 ERA) will start the opener in Baltimore. The veteran is also likely to draw some interest from contending teams. In his last outing, Hamels allowed seven runs and five hits over two-thirds of an inning, which tied the shortest start of his 13-year career.Rangers manager Jeff Banister is confident Hamels will bounce back."Very uncharacteristic," Banister said after the latest poor outing. "For me, Cole looked as strong as he's been all year long. ... Cole will be all right." Hamels is 1-4 with a 5.35 ERA in six career starts against Baltimore.Rangers center fielder Delino DeShields left the previous game after diving for a fly ball in the sixth inning. However, he could be back on the lineup Friday."He's being evaluated; back, upper-neck area," Banister said. "I just took him out to be evaluated." The Orioles will counter with the struggling Alex Cobb (2-11, 6.67) in the opener. Cobb has had trouble getting on track all season. He had to leave his last start in the sixth inning after suffering a blister on his right index finger. Cobb allowed five runs and seven hits before departing."It was getting hot later on in the game, so tried to cool down a lot between innings with ammonia and wet towels and stuff, and just hot spots started popping up in that last inning, and I could feel it kind of affecting my pitches quite a bit, so the move was to just get out of there," said Cobb, who is 1-0 with a 2.91 ERA in five career starts against the Rangers. "I've dealt with it in the past. Should only be short-term issue. It won't harm my next outing, I don't believe."

Rua's HR in 7th leads Rangers to 5-4 win over Orioles5m ago• 2 min read BALTIMORE Ryan Rua had a tiebreaking, pinch-hit three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Texas Rangers held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.Cole Hamels (5-8) won for the first time in almost a month, allowing four runs and five hits with three strikeouts and one walk over 6 1/3 innings in a matchup of last-place teams.Rua broke a 1-1 deadlock with the first pinch-hit of his career, off rookie Tanner Scott. Nomar Mazara added an RBI double later that inning, which made it 5-1 and boosted Scott's ERA from 5.88 to 6.84 over 26 appearances.Baltimore pulled within a run on Caleb Joseph's three-run double against reliever Jose Leclerc in the bottom half of the inning. The Orioles loaded the bases in the eighth but Jake Diekman got out of the jam by getting Chris Davis on a short pop out.Keone Kela got the last three outs for his 23rd save.The Orioles have lost 17 of 20 and fell to 14-33 at Camden Yards, the second-worst home mark in the majors behind Kansas City.Joey Gallo gave the Rangers the lead when he led off the fifth with a home run off Alex Cobb (2-12). The Orioles answered in the bottom half when Adam Jones hit a double just inside the left-field foul line and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Danny Valencia.Cobb left his previous start against the Twins in the sixth inning with a blister on his right index finger. He did not appear hampered by the injury and allowed two runs and six hits with three strikeouts and no walks over 6 1/3 innings.STREAKS EXTENDEDRangers DH Shin-Soo Choo, who was celebrating his 36th birthday, hit a single in the third to extend his club record on-base streak to 49 games. It's also the longest streak in the majors in the last 10 years. ... Hamels has struck out at least one batter in 320 straight games. AND FACTSThe Orioles used their 90th different lineup, the most in the MLB. ... Baltimore 1B Davis stole a base for the first time since last Sept. 24.TRAINER'S ROOMOrioles: RHP Chris Tillman (back) will have another rehab start for Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday. He could be added to Baltimore's roster after the All-Star break, manager Buck Showalter said.UP NEXTRangers: LHP Martin Perez (2-3. 9.67 ERA) will come off the 60-day DL from an elbow injury and make his first start since April 29. He went 2-0 with a 0.52 ERA and 19 strikeouts in three rehab outings (17.1 nnings).Orioles: Rookie Yefry Ramirez (0-3, 3.93 ERA) will make his fourth start of the season. He allowed four runs and nine hits over four-plus innings in a loss to the Yankees on July 9.------More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball

MLB Game Preview: Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles - Date: 7/13/2018 Last-place teams Orioles, Rangers open series 3h ago• 2 min read BALTIMORE -- Both the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles almost certainly will be sellers at the major-league trade deadline.As a result, there should be plenty of scouts in attendance when the teams open a three-game series beginning Friday at Camden Yards.Orioles shortstop Manny Machado has been bombarded at his locker by visiting media trying to get any insight on where the All-Star might be heading. It's almost a foregone conclusion that Machado will be dealt to another team because he is a free agent at the end of the season and the last-place Orioles are already out of contention.Machado, who is batting .316 with 23 homers and 64 RBIs, is trying not to let the constant trade talk become a distraction. Sports Touts. The Orioles (26-68) have lost nine of 11 and are in last place in the American League East."It's a tough situation. You try to soak it in," he said. "People want you, teams want you. You try to soak it in, but at the same time you've just got to let it slide. Once that game starts or it gets close to game time, you want to prepare yourself and get mentally ready for the game. At the end of the day, I'm trying to go out there and leave it out on the field, do everything well, and play good baseball." The Rangers (40-54) have lost five of six and are mired in last place in the American League West. Left-hander Cole Hamels (4-8, 4.28 ERA) will start the opener in Baltimore. Picks and Parlays. The veteran is also likely to draw some interest from contending teams. In his last outing, Hamels allowed seven runs and five hits over two-thirds of an inning, which tied the shortest start of his 13-year career.Rangers manager Jeff Banister is confident Hamels will bounce back."Very uncharacteristic," Banister said after the latest poor outing. "For me, Cole looked as strong as he's been all year long. ... Cole will be all right." Hamels is 1-4 with a 5.35 ERA in six career starts against Baltimore.Rangers center fielder Delino DeShields left the previous game after diving for a fly ball in the sixth inning. However, he could be back on the lineup Friday."He's being evaluated; back, upper-neck area," Banister said. "I just took him out to be evaluated." The Orioles will counter with the struggling Alex Cobb (2-11, 6.67) in the opener. Cobb has had trouble getting on track all season. He had to leave his last start in the sixth inning after suffering a blister on his right index finger. Cobb allowed five runs and seven hits before departing."It was getting hot later on in the game, so tried to cool down a lot between innings with ammonia and wet towels and stuff, and just hot spots started popping up in that last inning, and I could feel it kind of affecting my pitches quite a bit, so the move was to just get out of there," said Cobb, who is 1-0 with a 2.91 ERA in five career starts against the Rangers. "I've dealt with it in the past. Should only be short-term issue. It won't harm my next outing, I don't believe."

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